Oil-can



M. BURTON.

(No Model.)

OIL CAN.

NQQ 271,032.

Patented Jan. 23,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT when,

MATTHEIV BURTON, OF BATA'VIA ILLINOIS.

OIL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,032, dated January23, 1883.

Application filed May 7, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTHEW BURTON, of Batavia, in the/county ot' Kaneand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Oil-Cans; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which term a part of this specification.

My invention consists in a-special construction of an oil-can, ashereinafter specifically described and claimed, the cans being portableones, adapted for domestic uses.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of can, serving to illustrate myinvention; Fig. 2, a ver tical section; Fig. 3, the same slightlymodified. Fig. 4shows the open-top filling-tube and trap applied to anordinary oil-can; Fig. 5, a

detail.

A, Figs. 1,2, 3, is a can or vessel of the class having no exteriorspout for pouring out, the liquid beingtorced out therefrom, whenwanted,

by a pump, either single-acting or double-acting, as preferred, andworked by a lever or not, as desired. The top b of the can or vessel isconcaved-that is, lower at its center than at its circumference; and itis also provided with a surrounding rim, 0, to deepen this cup or cavityand prevent. any waste or overflow of oil while filling the can or whilefilling a lamp supported upon the top of the can, the cavity catchingand returning all spillings to the can through any appropriate openingsin the lamp -support E, or in the tube F in case the same projects abovethe top. This support E surmounts, or it may form a part of, a fixedopen topped conical central tube, F, the top or larger opening of whichmay always remain open, and which serves also as a tube through whichthe can is filled, and whose lower end terminates in anupwardly-projecting or retroverted shorter tube or trap, 9, open at itstop, and such that the gas in the can arising from evap oration of thevolatile or other fluid contents cannot escape through the trap.Consequently no stopper is necessary for this can, and no screw-capcover or equivalent device for closing the inlet.

H represents a force-pump within thecan,

having an appropriate piston and valve or valves, and the piston may beworked direct extending from the pump to the top of the can,

and projecting farenough outside to permit the attachment thereto of aflexible tube, K, by

stretching the latter over its projecting end,

or in any other simple manner, and which is made long enough to reach tothe top ofv any lamp placed upon the stand or support E, and then byinserting the free end of such tube into the mouth of the lamp soplaced, and upon operating the pump any lamp, (illustrated at w in Fig.1,) is readily filled, and the overflow, ifany, is caught by the rimmedconcave top and at once returned into the can.

The top of the can may have the rim without the concave. This wouldprevent waste and would retain any liquid which might be spilled uponthe top until it should flow into the can through the 0pen-top tube; butit is bet ter to surround the concave with the rim, as it preventsaccidental spattering beyond the can and offers an abrupt boundary-wall,and greatly enlarges the holding capacity of the concave, especially incase the can be recklessly or carelessly overfilled, or in case the lampshould be upset or broken while on top of the can.

The apparatus as above described has no exterior pouring-out spout. Itis found to be very successful both as to insuring cleanliness andsafety, and also in saving of time and preventing waste of fluid.

The open-top tube for filling the can,in connection with the trap, isadapted for oil-cans of any kind, as will be seen by reference to Fig.4.

Ha double pump be employed, a steadier stream will be obtained.

If the lever I be dispensed with, the piston-rod should be extendeddirectly through end in the retroverted trap'tuhe g, and surthe topconcave, but at a point at one side of mounted with erimmed perforatedlamp-stand, m the central stand or lamp-support or open-top allsubstantially as shown and described.

tube.

3 I claim v I MATTHEW BURTON.

In combination with an oil-can, the filling- Witnesses:

tube in the form of an inverted cone open at JOHN G. MASSEY, its top,terminating at its inner and smaller I E. E. BURTON.

